Praised Quotes

238 Praised quotes by 187 unique authors

It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and… — Bernard of Clairvaux
Be praised, My Lord, through Sister Water; she is very useful, and humble, and precious, and pure. — Francis of Assisi
The very things I used to be told off for - daydreaming, exaggerating, making mistakes, wild guessing, contradicting, spying, being obsessive, being reckless - for… — Selima Hill
When I look back on my life nowadays, which I sometimes do, what strikes me most forcibly about it is that what seemed at the… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Short-lived are both the praiser and the praised, and rememberer and the remembered: and all this in a nook of this part of the world;… — Marcus Aurelius
All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. — Oliver Goldsmith
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is… — Charles Caleb Colton
Dogs notice, they share, they draw conclusions, they like it when they're able to be of service and are touchingly grateful when they're praised. — Roger Ebert
I don't have any terrific self-esteem issues but I do sometimes realise I've been too lucky and that I'm over-praised. It makes me nervous. I… — Christopher Hitchens
I have been both praised and criticized. The criticism stung, but the praise sometimes bothered me even more. To have received such praise and honors… — Billy Joel
Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised. — Lenny Kravitz
The Democrats can engage in the most reprehensible, mean-spirited, vile, vicious verbal attacks known in politics, and they get praised for it. — Rush Limbaugh
Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever. — Anna Lindh
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than… — Niccolo Machiavelli
You are damned and praised, or encouraged or discouraged by those who listen to you, and those who come to applaud you. And to me,… — Miriam Makeba
I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. — J. B. Priestley
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Usually we praise only to be praised. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We do not praise others, ordinarily, but in order to be praised ourselves. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Some of the companies we helped start are names you know. An office supply company called Staples - where I'm pleased to see the Obama… — Mitt Romney
Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired… — Bertrand Russell

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